Festival of Harps

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harp2Recently, some 40 international harpists and groups of harpists gathered in Oakland, California. The idea behind this Festival of Harps was to move harp music beyond its traditional conventions. That wasn’t hard to do, given that the harps included everything from the African kora, to the Celtic harp, to the Paraguayan harp. From Oakland, Lonny Shavelson reports. Lonny also sent along a video from one of the rehearsal sessions. Take a look below.

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3 comments for “Festival of Harps”

  • http://n/a Lou JUdson

    Columbarium is not a graveyard – the graveyard is next door! And you missed the best parts of the show, where I did sound in one of the chapels.

    Good job interviewing only the most famous of them… as distinct from the best!

    Enljoyed the Cora part immenseley!

  • Manuel Galdo

    No sabia que existia el arpa de los Andes. Primera vez que veo una. Se que hay arpas en Venezuela, Paraguay y Mexico, pero no sabia de las andinas. Muy interesante.

  • Adriana

    Muy grato el ver y escuchar tanto talento en especial a mis queridos amigos de Venezuela abrazos desde Mexico.